Neal Brennan Quotes
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Team America must have been the biggest pain in the ass. And if we want to talk well-organized, they got Bill Pope, who is the DP on The Matrix, because he was just like, "I want to do something less serious."
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When I say the n-word, black people are clear that I'm on their side. And it's not disingenuous - I am on black people's side, clearly.
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Whoever has the most at stake should have the most power.
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The victory of the show is in the writing. Coming up with sketches and stand-up bits. The rest is just hitting buttons on a machine more or less.
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Robert Smigel is one of the greatest comedy writers in the last 50 years. "TV Funhouse" and Triumph and all those sketches. He's really unique, and he has an amazing comedy mind.
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If you're into social justice it's hard not to be on black people's side.
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There was a thing in the Andy Kaufman movie that Jim Carrey (Man On The Moon) about how he would do it. I didn't even see the movie. I read the script. But someone asked me, "Do you know what the best part of the Jim Carrey/Andy Kaufman movie is?" And I said, "me lee see ree bee." I just knew that would be the best part.
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People get way too much credit at funerals.
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Slavery is the most insane thing... I don't know that we've ever seen in history, but it's got to be close. The idea of slavery is such a base impulse. It's like, "I'm going to kidnap you and then you're going to do everything I want." Like, what? And then there's the historical aspect. It had a huge effect on human history.
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I think it's naïve to think white people aren't singing along directly!
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If the word police want to come and get me, they can come and get me. If someone wants to blog about me, fine. The bloggers can come and get me. I clearly say the n-word in public, eight times. I think that's the count.
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Models never say, "I'm hot." They say, "Look at these clothes." Whereas, with comedy, you have to say, "I'm hot."
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The rules may seem obvious but when you think about them they're not. For somebody who has my job they're not as obvious as one would think.